Congress for Democracy and Progress

The Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) is a democratic socialist political party in Burkina Faso that was founded in 1996 by Blaise Compaore. The party merged several nationalist and socialist parties in the country, and, from 1996 to 2014, all Prime Ministers were from the CDP, along with most other national officials, and the party held the most seats in Parliament. Compaore was overthrown in 2014, but it retained its representation in the government.